For the first time this year, ADVANSA participates in the ECOprofit project (Ecological Project for Integrated Environmental Technology) in Germany. The Land North Rhine-Westphalia awarded on November 29th, the company for its achievements in this project.
This synergetic partnership between local authorities and companies is primarily focused on the optimal control of waste, energy and material flows. By participating in this initiative, ADVANSA is proving its strong commitment to the environment and to sustainable development.
Heinz Meierkord, ADVANSA's Vice President Marketing & Sales, who received in an special ceremony the ECO profit award declares: “We are glad to be granted it today. ADVANSA is actually heavily involved in major environmental projects such as ECOprofit.
In addition to this program, ADVANSA is further investigating various energy reduction possibilities and is targeting a 25% reduction on overall energy consumption within the next four years which will benefit not only the company but also the environment and the region as a whole.”
After one year focusing on the ECOprofit project, ADVANSA was able to implement projects with annual savings of 18,845.059 kWh of energy and to save 50,454m³ of water. This has lead to yearly financial savings but more importantly CO2 emission reductions of 6,300 tons. During that time approximately 500,000 euros were invested in energy projects.